In the middle of the night, Hans Spaans finds himself being overwhelmed by cramps slowly tightening up the muscles in his arms, back, thighs and calves until his whole body is a knot of pain, and he's practically paralyzed.
Harry saw his scared white face look down at the ground falling away, saw him gasp, slip sideways off the broom and — WHAM — a thud and a nasty crack and Neville lay facedown on the grass in a heap.
I was not alone. I had you. Lynette was all of 13, and she still looked after her sisters, cleaned the house, cooked the meals, and I was curled up in a ball, puking my guts out.
" I reckon it would rather freeze to death in a dignified manner than be strangled, " he says to Jimmy, nodding at the dripping ball of fluff pressed into his arms.